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A deployable rod for hanging clothes after removal from a dryer. The apparatus is a circular rod with a hinge mechanism that is attached to a vertical wall surface. In a retracted state, it folds compactly up against the wall. In a deployed state, it extends perpendicularly outward. The apparatus is

A deployable rod for hanging clothes after removal from a dryer. The apparatus is a circular rod with a hinge mechanism that is attached to a vertical wall surface. In a retracted state, it folds compactly up against the wall. In a deployed state, it extends perpendicularly outward. The apparatus is supported in the extended outward position by a cable that extends from the outer end back to the wall surface at a 45° angle. This cable support system provides strength for holding clothes. A user could remove clothes from a dryer, immediately place them on hangers and then hang them from the employed apparatus in the extended position; however, other articles may be supported in this manner.

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What is claimed is: 1. A portable clothes-hanging rod comprising: a wall-mounted plate attached to a vertical support surface; a pair of telescoping rods pivotally attached to said mounting plate, wherein said pair of telescoping rods comprises a first rod having a pair of holes formed in an inner

What is claimed is: 1. A portable clothes-hanging rod comprising: a wall-mounted plate attached to a vertical support surface; a pair of telescoping rods pivotally attached to said mounting plate, wherein said pair of telescoping rods comprises a first rod having a pair of holes formed in an inner end thereof and a second rod; a rod clamping means rotatably attached to an outer surface of an outer end of said first rod, further comprising a bushing means to provide a smooth extension of said second rod therefrom said first rod and a securing means to secure a desired position of said second rod; a cable having opposed top and bottom ends respectively, said top end of said cable being attached to said mounting plate while said bottom end of said cable is attached to said first rod of said pair of telescoping rods; a storage clip attached to an inner surface of said mounting plate, said storage clip being located adjacent to a top end of said mounting plate and extending away therefrom; a pivot bracket attached to said inner surface of said mounting plate, said pivot bracket being located adjacent to a bottom end of said mounting plate and having a pair of laterally opposed tabs extending outwardly therefrom, each of said tabs having a bore formed therein, each of said bores having a centrally registered axis oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal length of said mounting plate; a pair of cable crimps integrally attached to said respective top and bottom ends of said cable such that each of said crimps cooperates with each of said top and bottom ends respectively of said cable to form an upper cable loop and a lower cable loop respectively; said top end of said cable being attached to said mounting plate via an eyelet bolt statically connected to said inner surface of said mounting plate and extending away therefrom, said eyelet bolt being located subjacent to said storage clip, said upper cable loop of said cable being slidably attached to said eyelet bolt; and, said bottom end of said cable is attached to said first rod of said pair of telescoping rods via a rod bracket statically affixed to said outer surface of said first rod, said rod bracket being located adjacent to said outer end of said first rod, said lower cable loop of said cable being removably attached directly to said rod bracket; wherein said clothes-hanging rod folds into a vertical position when in a retracted state and extends horizontally outward in a telescoping manner when in a deployed state, said clothes-hanging rod being supported in said deployed state by said cable extending from said outer end of said first rod of said pair of telescoping rods back to said mounting plate at a 45° angle to support existing clothing and hangers and other articles respectively thereon. 2. The portable clothes-hanging rod of claim 1, further comprising: said second rod thereof said pair of telescoping rods telescopically connected to said first rod, said second rod having a diameter that is less than a diameter of said first rod such that said second rod is telescopically interfitted within said first rod, said second rod being prohibited from prematurely and undesirably shifting during operating conditions via manipulation of said rod clamping means; a plurality of clothes hanger grooves monolithically formed in an outer surface of said second rod and said outer surface of said first rod respectively, said grooves being equidistantly spaced along respective longitudinal lengths of said first and second rods; an end cap removably interfitted over a distal end of said second rod such that said end cap prohibits said second rod from being completely interfitted within said first rod; a pivot bolt removably and simultaneously penetrated through said bores of said pair of laterally opposed tabs and said holes of said inner end of said first rod such that said inner end of said first rod is pivotally attached to said pivot bracket, said first and second rods respectively being simultaneously biased upwardly and downwardly respectively 45 degrees along an arcuate path defined by the pivot point of said pivot bracket; wherein said first and second rods simultaneously reside along the vertical plane when in the retracted state and alternately simultaneously reside along the horizontal plane when in the deployed state; and, a plurality of fasteners for removably fastening said mounting plate to a vertical support surface and said storage clip and said pivot bracket respectively to said inner surface of said mounting bracket and said lower cable loop to said rod bracket respectively. 3. The portable clothes-hanging rod of claim 2, wherein said storage clip comprises: a “U”-shaped body provided with a closed end connected directly to said inner surface of said mounting plate, said storage clip having an open end extending outwardly and away from said closed end of said storage clip, said open end of said storage clip receiving and capturing said distal end of said second rod when said first rod and said second rod are simultaneously biased to the vertical position when said portable clothes-hanging rod is in the retracted state. 4. The portable clothes-hanging rod of claim 3, wherein said cable provides support means for holding said first and second rods respectively along the horizontal plane while supporting the weight of clothing and hangers thereon when said portable clothes-hanging rod is in the deployed state, said cable extending between said eyelet bolt and said rod bracket respectively. 5. The portable clothes-hanging rod of claim 4, wherein said securing means of said rod clamping means further comprises a single-turn locking feature. 6. A portable clothes-hanging rod comprising: a rectilinear wall-mounted plate attached to a vertical support surface; a pair of tubular telescoping rods pivotally attached to said mounting plate, wherein said pair of tubular telescoping rods comprises a first rod comprising a pair of diametrically opposed holes formed in an inner end thereof and a second rod; a rod clamping means rotatably attached to an outer surface of an outer end of said first rod, further comprising a bushing means to provide a smooth extension of said second rod therefrom said first rod and a securing means to secure a desired position of said second rod; a flexible cable having opposed top and bottom ends respectively, said top end of said cable being attached to said rectilinear wall-mounted plate while said bottom end of said cable is attached to said first rod of said pair of tubular telescoping rods; a storage clip attached to an inner surface of said rectilinear wall-mounted plate, said storage clip being located adjacent to a top end of said rectilinear wall-mounted plate and extending away therefrom; a pivot bracket attached to said inner surface of said rectilinear wall-mounted plate, said pivot bracket being located adjacent to a bottom end of said rectilinear wall-mounted plate and having a pair of laterally opposed tabs extending outwardly therefrom, each of said tabs having a bore formed therein, each of said bores having a centrally registered axis oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal length of said rectilinear wall-mounted plate; a pair of cable crimps integrally attached to said respective top and bottom ends of said cable such that each of said crimps cooperates with each of said top and bottom ends respectively of said cable to form an upper cable loop and a lower cable loop respectively; said top end of said cable being attached to said rectilinear wall-mounted plate via an eyelet bolt statically connected to said inner surface of said rectilinear wall-mounted plate and extending away therefrom, said eyelet bolt being located subjacent to said storage clip, said upper cable loop of said cable being slidably attached to said eyelet bolt; and, said bottom end of said cable is attached to said first rod of said pair of tubular telescoping rods via a rod bracket statically affixed to said outer surface of said first rod, said rod bracket being located adjacent to said outer end of said first rod, said lower cable loop of said cable being removably attached directly to said rod bracket; wherein said clothes-hanging rod folds into a vertical position when in a retracted state and extends horizontally outward in a telescoping manner when in a deployed state, said clothes-hanging rod being supported in said deployed state by said cable extending from said outer end of said first rod of said pair of telescoping rods back to said mounting plate at a 45° angle to support existing clothing and hangers and other articles respectively thereon. 7. The portable clothes-hanging rod of claim 6, further comprising: said second rod thereof said pair of telescoping rods telescopically connected to said first rod, said second rod having a diameter that is less than a diameter of said first rod such that said second rod is telescopically interfitted within said first rod, said second rod being prohibited from prematurely and undesirably shifting during operating conditions via manipulation of said rod clamping means; a plurality of clothes hanger grooves monolithically formed in an outer surface of said second rod and said outer surface of said first rod respectively, said grooves being equidistantly spaced along respective longitudinal lengths of said first and second rods; an end cap removably interfitted over a distal end of said second rod such that said end cap prohibits said second rod from being completely interfitted within said first rod; a pivot bolt removably and simultaneously penetrated through said bores of said pair of laterally opposed tabs and said holes of said inner end of said first rod such that said inner end of said first rod is pivotally attached to said pivot bracket, said first and second rods respectively being simultaneously biased upwardly and downwardly respectively 45 degrees along an arcuate path defined by the pivot point of said pivot bracket; wherein said first and second rods simultaneously reside along the vertical plane when in the retracted state and alternately simultaneously reside along the horizontal plane when in the deployed state; and, a plurality of fasteners for removably fastening said mounting plate to a vertical support surface and said storage clip and said pivot bracket respectively to said inner surface of said mounting bracket and said lower cable loop to said rod bracket respectively. 8. The portable clothes-hanging rod of claim 7, wherein said storage clip comprises: a “U”-shaped body provided with a closed end connected directly to said inner surface of said rectilinear wall-mounted plate, said storage clip having an open end extending outwardly and away from said closed end of said storage clip, said open end of said storage clip receiving and capturing said distal end of said second rod when said first rod and said second rod are simultaneously biased to the vertical position when said portable clothes-hanging rod is in the retracted state. 9. The portable clothes-hanging rod of claim 8, wherein said cable provides a support means for holding said first and second rods respectively along the horizontal plane while supporting the weight of clothing and hangers thereon when said portable clothes-hanging rod is in the deployed state, said cable extending between said storage clip and said rod bracket respectively. 10. The portable clothes-hanging rod of claim 9, wherein said securing means of said rod clamping means further comprises a single-turn locking feature.